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Definition of Pensioner
1. Noun. The beneficiary of a pension fund.
Generic synonyms: Beneficiary, Donee
Specialized synonyms: Old-age Pensioner
Derivative terms: Pension, Pension
Definition of Pensioner
1. n. One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent.
Definition of Pensioner
1. Noun. Someone who lives on a pension. ¹
2. Noun. Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension. An elderly person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pensioner
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pensioner
Literary usage of Pensioner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Publications of the Harleian Society by Harleian Society (1878)
"20 Else Crooke, a pensioner : in N. Churchyard Oct. 1 Elizabeth Stone, a pensioner :
in N. Churchyard Oct. 17 Samuel Marshall, son of Captain Marshall : in ..."
2. Federal Statutes Annotated: Containing All the Laws of the United States, of by United States, Edward Thompson Company (1918)
"The pensioner, however, may nee the money in any manner for his own ... The proceeds
of a pension in the hands of the pensioner are liable to attachment. ..."
3. The Military Laws of the United States by United States, George Breckenridge Davis (1897)
"Upon the receipt of such voucher, properly exe- check to be cuted, and the identity
of the pensioner being established each pensioner. and proved in the ..."
4. The State Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, Walter Clark, William Laurence Saunders, Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1910)
"Goodson, Joshua, pensioner, 22. 67. Goodson, Uzal, army rank, 16. 1070. ...
Goodwin, John, pensioner, 22. 67. Goodwin, John, quit rents of, 22. 244. ..."
5. The Registers and Monumental Inscriptions of Charterhouse Chapel by Francis Collins (1892)
"1705 May 2 John Leggett, pensioner, was Buried. May 29 John Jones, pensioner,
was Buried. ... 15 John Cade, pensioner, wase Buried out of the House. Dec. ..."
6. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society (1884)
"pensioner. AB 1620. DD 1641. Per lit. regias. William Bridge. Sizar. AM 1626.
Camb. ... pensioner. Middlesex. AM 1635. [Repeated as above next year. ..."
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